novelraw Chapter 415: Heretics and Evil Ways
Chapter 415: Heretics and Evil Ways
Qin Bai abruptly raised his head, his gaze fixed dead ahead on his two former colleagues who looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, then shifted to the two Calamity-level Transcendence Society members radiating an aura of annihilation.
His breathing suddenly grew ragged.
Should he continue to be loyal to Daxia, which had already abandoned him, and march towards death with dignity?
Or... embrace destruction, and take revenge on all those who had wronged him?
The two Ocean Realm third-stage experts dared not be the slightest bit negligent, pushing their own power to its peak.
Before the rigid-faced man, a massive sword of ancient and heavy design materialized out of thin air, its blade seeming to bear the weight of mountains.
SS-grade Life Soul, Mountain-Pressing Heavy Sword.
At the same time.
A deafening roar erupted from within the body of the slightly gentler-looking man.
The majestic phantom of a giant beast, its body covered in cyan scales, shaped like a lion yet crowned with dragon horns, materialized with pride, its ferocious aura sweeping across the heavens.Also an SS-grade Life Soul, Cyan Scale Dragon-Lion.
With the appearance of these two top-tier Life Souls, vast waves of Spiritual Energy clashed violently with the Mist energy emanating from the two Calamity-level Aberrants opposite.
Causing the airspace to tremble violently.
Clouds shattered, and the forests and trees below were pressed low by the invisible pressure.
"Kill!"
The rigid-faced man was succinct. The Mountain-Pressing Heavy Sword led the charge, cleaving towards the shadow-like Aberrant.
The sword's momentum was as heavy as a mountain, as if it intended to split the entire sky apart.
"Roar!"
The gentler man pounced towards the Bone-Armor Aberrant, his claws tearing through the sky.
The great battle erupted.
Sword light crisscrossed, beastly roars shook the heavens, and the gray-black Mist energy clashed madly with the dazzling brilliance of Spiritual Energy.
Ripples appeared in space itself.
Four figures flickered at high speed through the air.
The shockwaves of combat spread in all directions.
And at the edge of this fierce battle.
Qin Bai became the focal point contested by both sides.
One Aberrant, while deftly dodging the heavy, powerful slashes of the Mountain-Pressing Heavy Sword, let out a piercing laugh.
The sound, like demonic music, continuously drilled into Qin Bai's ears:
"Qin Bai! Do you see? These are the very clansmen you once swore to serve unto death! Did they ever show you a shred of mercy? Now they even want to wipe you out completely! What are you still hesitating for?"
The Bone-Armor Aberrant took a fierce pounce from the Cyan Scale Dragon-Lion head-on, cracks appearing on its bone armor, yet it seemed utterly unconcerned: "Join us. The Transcendence Society can give you power they cannot, letting you take revenge on Daxia with your own hands.
Repay them a thousandfold for the pain you have endured.
Destruction is the ultimate liberation and salvation!"
"Shut up! Heretics and evil ways, how dare you bewitch people's minds!"
The expert with the Cyan Scale Dragon-Lion Life Soul roared in anger, the dragon-lion phantom bellowing and spewing forth cyan flames.
The rigid-faced man intensified his sword strikes, coldly shouting, "Qin Bai! Don't lead yourself astray! Once you set foot on this wrong path, you will never attain salvation for all eternity!"
Qin Bai stood in the air.
Images flashed through his mind: the scene of his ruthless abandonment, the picture of Su Zhan under the watchful eyes of millions on the arena, the desolation of his decades of military service ultimately reducing him to a discarded pawn...
"Ahhh—!!!"
Qin Bai threw his head back and let out a roar to the heavens, the Ocean Realm Spiritual Energy that had just recovered within him erupting explosively.
A brilliant, aurora-like band of light.
It twisted and writhed, its colors shifting unpredictably, sometimes displaying magnificent violet and green flowing light, other times merging into the darkness of the background as if it were itself an extension of the night.
SSS-grade Life Soul, Eternal Night Aurora Whip.
Seeing this iconic, powerful Life Soul.
The hearts of the two Ocean Realm experts sank heavily.
They knew all too well the terror of this Life Soul—it stripped away the five senses, was impossible to guard against.
With Qin Bai revealing his Life Soul now, who would his target be?
The answer seemed self-evident.
The rigid-faced man tightened his grip on the Mountain-Pressing Heavy Sword.
The gentler man issued a low, threatening growl, preparing for the worst possible outcome.
And the two Calamity-level Transcendence Society members were ecstatic.
One Aberrant shrieked with laughter, "Yes! That's it! Qin Bai, unleash your power! Let these foolish humans witness your wrath!"
The Bone-Armor Aberrant also chimed in, "Use your whip to shatter the souls of these hypocrites! Welcome to the true camp of liberation, Qin Bai!"
Rage burning in his eyes, Qin Bai swung his arm violently. The resplendent Eternal Night Aurora Whip behind him tore through the sky, fiercely lashing towards... those two Transcendence Society Aberrants who were incessantly trying to bewitch him.
"Shut up! You damned monsters!"
Qin Bai's roar was hoarse, filled with bone-deep hatred: "I, Qin Bai, have hunted Aberrants all my life, locked in a life-and-death struggle with your Transcendence Society! How could I, just to cling to life, wallow in the mire with scum like you?"
The speed of the Eternal Night Aurora Whip was beyond imagination.
"What?"
"You're seeking death!"
The two Transcendence Society powerhouses were both shocked and furious.
They had never imagined that this man, just ruthlessly abandoned by Daxia, would choose to attack *them* at such a moment!
Caught completely off guard.
The two felt their own perceptions instantly blur, the energy fluctuations around them experiencing a momentary disruption.
On the other side, the two Ocean Realm experts who had been preparing for a desperate fight were also utterly stunned, their attacks involuntarily slowing for an instant.
For the first time, clear astonishment appeared on the rigid-faced man's face.
The gentler man's eyes widened almost in disbelief at what he was seeing.
Qin Bai... he actually attacked the Transcendence Society?
When everyone thought he was bound to betray them, even when he himself was filled with resentment, he had actually held fast to his bottom line.
He would never join forces with Aberrants, especially not the Transcendence Society!
At this moment, the fierce battle in the air seemed to have been put on pause.
Only that resplendent yet deadly Eternal Night Aurora Whip, like Qin Bai's last stubbornly held pride, lashed fiercely towards the true enemy, also striking across the faces of all those who had predicted his choice.
He would rather die standing than live on his knees, and he absolutely would not allow the clean reputation of his entire life to be stained in its final moments with the taint of colluding with Aberrants!
"Qin Bai! You mad dog whose legs were broken and thrown out by your master! Even Daxia doesn't want you anymore, and here you are, baring your fangs and showing your claws at us? What a colossal joke!"
"Tsk tsk, look at you, you pathetic wretch! We kindly offered you a way out, the power for revenge, and you turn around and bite us instead?
Truly a dog well-trained by humans. Even after being abandoned by its master, it can't change its nature of wagging its tail and begging, guarding the house for its master! How pitiful and laughable!"
Faced with this venomous mockery.
Qin Bai laughed in extreme anger: "Bullshit! I hunt Aberrants because your very existence is a threat to humanity, a tumor that must be excised!
This has nothing to do with whether Daxia abandoned me or not. This is the foundation upon which I, Qin Bai, stand!
You think that by offering me some so-called way out, I should be like a tail-wagging, begging dog, grateful to you, and wallow in the mire with you?
What kind of person do you take Qin Bai for?
I hate Su Zhan. I hate the injustice of the Council.
But this hatred is strife within our own human race.
Even if there is a reckoning, it will be I, Qin Bai, using my own methods, standing tall to demand repayment!
Not groveling on the ground to eat the rotten meat you beasts throw as scraps!"